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• Scottish Legal System, the
  1. the system of law in Scotland which is based on CIVIL LAW, and is different from that of England and Wales, although the highest court of law in all three countries is the HOUSE OF LORDS . When laws are made in the British parliament, they do not always become law in Scotland because the legal system is different there.
• legal action (noun)
  1. law a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
• legal age (noun)
  1. the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
• legal aid (noun)
  1. a system in which a government gives money to people who need a lawyer but cannot afford to pay for one
• legal assistant (noun)
  1. law a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
• legal beagle (noun)
  1. informal a skilful and adroit attorney
• legal blindness (noun)
  1. 20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes
• legal brief (noun)
  1. law a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
• legal code (noun)
  1. law a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
• legal community (noun)
  1. law the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
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